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To: PatiBob who wrote (146269)	6/19/2007 2:12:59 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

I heard a piece on the radio last week about a guy who's traveled the country taking dishwashing jobs. He said when he went to New Orleans (pre-Katrina), he was told the whites work in the front of the house, blacks in the back. Thus, no dishwashing job if you aren't black. He said he eventually got a job but it took him several weeks, rather than a day or two. At the risk of admitting I listen occasionally to "People's Radio", here is the link: npr.org Washing dishes was not a stepping stone for Pete Jordan, but a calling. For 12 years, he was an itinerant dish-washer. He was so committed to the profession that he set out to work as a dish-washer in all 50 states. He takes readers to the heart of the kitchen – the dish pit – in "Dishwasher: One Man's Quest to Wash Dishes in All 50 States. Jordan, aka "Dishwasher Pete," talks with Michele Norris about his dishwashing exploits around the country.